Banemorth
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I very much want to get into this and try this out. I've been looking at detectors for awhile now and it looks like the Excalibur II is the way to go. I already started saving all my E-Trac finds in order to pay for it and I hope to get it before my Anniversary Vacation next November! In the mean time I'm trying to learn about water hunting. I've read a lot about tides and currents and all of that fun stuff but I'm more interested in hearing everyones mechanics of it.
I'm a dry land dirt fisher and I was wondering how you go about the whole process. If you're in waist deep water and you get a signal how do you go about recovering it? Do you keep your detector in one hand and try to reach and dig with the other? Do you use a scoop? Pin pointer? I mean on dry land for me it goes *get a hit* *pinpoint with detector* *set down detector on ground* *try to pinpoint with Garrett ProPointer* *Cut Plug* *Pinpointer again* *Dig* *Pinpointer again* *Recover Target* *Replace Dirt* *Replace Plug* *Put away digger/pin pointer* *Pick Up Detector* *Move On.*
I just worry about losing the detector in the surf. Do they have special headphones for water detecting? Do you have a special finds pouch so as not to lose your finds while swimming and recovering targets? There's no such thing as too much information here for me since I've never done it before. I really appreciate any information you're willing to share! Thanks
I'm a dry land dirt fisher and I was wondering how you go about the whole process. If you're in waist deep water and you get a signal how do you go about recovering it? Do you keep your detector in one hand and try to reach and dig with the other? Do you use a scoop? Pin pointer? I mean on dry land for me it goes *get a hit* *pinpoint with detector* *set down detector on ground* *try to pinpoint with Garrett ProPointer* *Cut Plug* *Pinpointer again* *Dig* *Pinpointer again* *Recover Target* *Replace Dirt* *Replace Plug* *Put away digger/pin pointer* *Pick Up Detector* *Move On.*
I just worry about losing the detector in the surf. Do they have special headphones for water detecting? Do you have a special finds pouch so as not to lose your finds while swimming and recovering targets? There's no such thing as too much information here for me since I've never done it before. I really appreciate any information you're willing to share! Thanks